I bought this bass last week from a vintage guitar/bass collector for $240. I was happy for its killer tone, although i read most topic on these forums, i still want to have an information regarding my bass, since this is my first time to owned a TOKAI BASS..

any comments is welcomed, especially its specification and year model.
thnx a lot

Hi there,
Looks like a fine Hard Puncher bass, all original, I'd guess circa 1984-87.
Body wood is ash or alder, neck is maple, the colour is Metallic Red (MR).
Hard Punchers are hard to date as they look the same from 1984 until at least 1989, possibly even longer but I haven't seen a PB50 in the later catalogues.
The glued on bit on the headstock is a bit of a shame and may possibly indicate a later model as the earlier ones explicitly stated "one piece neck"
The model no. and logo type is slightly confusing though, I thought the PB50 was a '64 model which should have "Hard Puncher" under "Tokai", not after.

The glued on bit on the headstock is a bit of a shame and may possibly indicate a later model as the earlier ones explicitly stated "one piece neck"

thanks sir, but can you point out exactly "the glued on the headsstock" that you said. wheres that part sir? and whats the comparison between the earlier and later models? pardon me sir coz im still an amateur when it comes to specifications, and it makes me more interested about ur info's thnx a lot _________________"Write about something, Something real, That's what I scream."

In the pic of the headstock you can see a slightly darker area with a clearly defined edge above the A and E tuners which looks glued on, at least to me.
In other respects I should think the quality and playbility to be very similar to earlier versions although I haven't played every Hard Puncher.

And here is the difference: On the left the PB60 and on the right a PB40 from 1981 (I think) note the screws!! The tuners are not changed on the pB60 cause there are no additional holes (well, it never had three screw tuners mounted)

I have also noticed that PB40 in general has 3 piece bodies while the PB60 has a 2 piece body.

Actually the headstock shape only changed in the US. The Fender-correct headstocks were supplied to the rest of the world into the 90's.
The registry is sadly not updated in this regard, however there are quite a few discussion threads on this subject.